Wonderboy - Tenacious D Sheet Music Guitar And Mandolin Tabs
Here's the guitar tab in D Major
The song is played in standard tuning ($E A D G B e$) at a fast tempo (counted in eighth notes at $186$ BPM).
1. The Acoustic Intro / Main RiffThis is the intricate, cascading acoustic line played over a switching D Major and B minor bass root shape. Let the notes ring out cleanly.
1. The Acoustic Intro / Main RiffThis is the intricate, cascading acoustic line played over a switching D Major and B minor bass root shape. Let the notes ring out cleanly.
D Major section
e|--10--14--10------15\-14--10------10---|
B|--------------10--------------10-------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---0================================---|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B minor section
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--12--14--12------15\-14--12------12---|
G|--------------11--------------11-------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|--10--14--10------15\-14--10------10---|
B|--------------10--------------10-------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---0================================---|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B minor section
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--12--14--12------15\-14--12------12---|
G|--------------11--------------11-------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
D C G D
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--|-----------------|
E|-----------------|----------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|
"High above the mucky-muck castle made of clouds..."
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--|-----------------|
E|-----------------|----------3-3-3-3--|-----------------|
"High above the mucky-muck castle made of clouds..."
F#m G A
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
"Sitting all so proudly... Not too much to say..."
e|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
"Sitting all so proudly... Not too much to say..."
"Won - der - boy!" "What's the secret of your power?"
e|---17~~~~~~~~14---|-------------|---14--12--10--12--10--9--5---|
B|------------------|---15---17---|------------------------------|
G|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
"Won - der - boy!" "Won't you take me far away..."
e|---17~~~~~~~~14---|-------------|-------------9---9---12--12---|
B|------------------|-------------|---10---12--------------------|
G|------------------|---11---11---|------------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
e|---17~~~~~~~~14---|-------------|---14--12--10--12--10--9--5---|
B|------------------|---15---17---|------------------------------|
G|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
"Won - der - boy!" "Won't you take me far away..."
e|---17~~~~~~~~14---|-------------|-------------9---9---12--12---|
B|------------------|-------------|---10---12--------------------|
G|------------------|---11---11---|------------------------------|
D|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
A|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
. Young Nastyman Breakdown ("Now it's time for me to tell...")When Jack Black drops into the fast spoken-word sequence about Wonderboy's rival, the guitar hits heavy, abrupt down-strums on the root notes, choking the strings immediately after striking them to create a percussive backdrop.
